We are a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisc.

$200,000

Awarded

Awarded:

2016

The Wisconsin HOPE Lab is the nation’s first laboratory for research aimed at improving equitable outcomes in postsecondary education. This cross-team grant with Kresge’s Education and Human Services programs enables the Lab to collect student-level survey data from a large, national survey of 50-75 community colleges on food and housing insecurity and to widely disseminate the results. This project builds on the Lab’s Hungry to Learn report highlighting findings from a 2015 survey of 10 U.S. community colleges and representing a significant advance in knowledge of material hardship among undergraduates.